1+ day, 15+ hour ago   (408+ words) Stapleton says he had no idea who the man in the metal chair was at the time. “But I remember thinking they were giving him dignity in death.” But it almost did not happen at all, Stapleton said. Father Mychal…...

1+ day, 20+ hour ago   (1104+ words) Minority and immigrant-owned businesses in Manhattan are suing Democratic Socialist Mayor Zohran Mamdani, arguing that his plan to open a city-owned grocery store in East Harlem could put neighborhood grocers and bodegas out of business. The Multicultural Business Coalition (MBC),…...

3+ day, 18+ hour ago   (232+ words) The events of 9/11 and its legacy are so overwhelming their horror, scale and intensity, it’s impossible for any one person or any one story to capture it all. Accordingly, the editors and reporters of Straus News Manhattan have covered the…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (374+ words) Roadside outdoor dining will now officially be allowed year-round again in New York City, after Mayor Zohran Mamdani signed a City Council bill reinstating the practice. Under previous and now-defunct NYC Department of Transportation rules, roadside sheds were required to…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (353+ words) A deranged woman waving two butcher knives was shot dead by the NYPD in Times Square after stabbing two people, killing one, and then refusing to drop the weapons when confronted by cops. The woman was identified as Pamela Cisneros,…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (1102+ words) Minority and immigrant-owned businesses in Manhattan are suing Mayor Zohran Mamdani, arguing that his plan to open a city-owned grocery store in East Harlem could put neighborhood grocers and bodegas out of business. The Multicultural Business Coalition (MBC), a coalition…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (299+ words) Before explaining why and how the Croton Aqueduct and its attendant reservoirs were built, who are the Urban Park Rangers, and what are they doing talking about such things in public, educating seniors, kids and everyone in between, for free?...

2+ week, 43+ min ago   (622+ words) Hard at work on reelection campaign trail, Gov. Kathy Hochul paid a visit to the Upper West Side Aug. 30 at a GrowNYC Greenmarket and the Grand Bazaar NYC. Getting out the vote in heavily Democratic areas such as the UWS…...

3+ week, 3+ day ago   (393+ words) The captain of the party boat that capsized in the New York Harbor, leading to the death of a mother and her infant daughter, was arrested by Immigration and Customs Enforcement after an investigation found that he was in the…...